Rail Partisans Activated In Moscow

Unknown persons set fire to several relay cabinets on the railway.

On the night of 19 June, unidentified persons attempted to disrupt railway operations in Moscow. Several relay cabinets were set on fire near the railway tracks on the Varshavskoye highway.

Obozrevatel, citing RosSMI, reports that at least three of them were damaged. A video from the scene shows signs of burning on four of the cabinets.

A propaganda source writes that these relay cabinets ensure the operation of semaphores (a device for regulating railway traffic) and are located 1.5 metres apart. They are located in the south of the city, between Varshavskaya and Nagatinskaya stations.

The locked cabinets had been opened before being set on fire. The fire, which was discovered at 01:57 on Monday and extinguished with dry powder extinguishers before firefighters arrived, covered an area of three square metres. Police and emergency services were called to the scene.

The propagandists claim that the train timetable was not disrupted by the emergency.

An unknown person or persons managed to escape from the scene. The Russian media have no information about the perpetrators. The law enforcement agencies of the aggressor country were still searching on the morning of 19 June.

A relay cabinet is a metal cabinet of special construction designed to house railway automation and telemechanics equipment outside the premises.

The last time saboteurs set fire to relay cabinets on a railway in Moscow was on 26 May on Karacharovskaya Street.